Music As A Performance Enhancer
Could your favorite (or least favorite) songs work as psychophysiological performance enhancers? Let's turn to research for the answer.
WATCH: Passion Trumps Everything (Apparel Now Available)
Success is a personal definition. I can't tell you what it is. But I can tell you about passion.
The Mental Games: Are You Winning or Losing?
I've lost, I've won, and now I'm tied with adversity. I refuse to the lose the next round.
Your Actions Are Your Lifeline
Perfect circumstances are created, not found. How are you living out your words?
What Foundation Are You Building?
You can choose to be a wise builder or a foolish builder. You may not notice the difference at the start, but once meet day comes, there will be no way to hide a weak foundation.
WATCH: CNS Burnout in the Gym
With all the energy Clint spends on being a chaotic animal in the weightroom, is he vulnerable to central nervous shutdown?
Inspiration and Motivation: 6 Articles to Help You Find Your Inner Drive
Being truly great means finding a way to help others the same way you seek to improve yourself.
WATCH: Into The Void Documentary
Within those seconds, between with the chalk box and the bar, that's what I'm talking about. That's the void.
WATCH: Into The Void
This is pain that you crave, because the load you've been carrying all your life is now resting on your back — and you have the power to smash it.
Five reality checks in the struggle for sponsorship
Five reality check items for individual athletes in their struggle for sponsorship
Who's Your Iron Mike?
That extra push each competitor needs doesn’t always come from the place you’d most expect it. Sometimes it comes from Iron Mike.
Being A Garage Lifter
Training changed my life, but it was elitefts that taught me how to do it correctly. I'm a garage lifter, and I'm happy to be.
Training the Inner Drive
Your career in this world of strength will only go as far as your desire to win. Lose that, and you lose any chance you ever had to succeed.
The Practice of Overcoming Fear
Fear is not something to be avoided. Do not run from one of the most powerful human sensations. Embrace it and use it to your advantage.
Price of the Platform
From test vials to Vicodin bottles, a handful of powerlifting champions recount their sacrifices. Was it worth it?
Identity Crisis: Who Are You in the Fitness Industry?
The expense of climbing the wrong mountain is falling back down before finding the right one. Choose wisely.
Powerlifting and meaning: I think we lie to ourselves
I just watched Dan Ariely’s TED conference about motivation and work and it made me think about our attitude towards other people’s reaction to powerlifting. Most of us (in fact, I would say all of us) claim we don’t give a shit.
WATCH: Go All In or Get Out
When he spoke at The elitefts Powerlifting Experience II, Clint Darden didn't present on squat cues or deadlift programming. He asked a more important question: Do you know why?
WATCH: Team Elitefts Training and Coaching at The Powerlifting Experience
When weekend seminars at the S4 Compound come to a close, everyone in attendance leaves with a renewed determination for self-improvement. We have harnessed this motivation for you.
The Hypocrisy of Intent Without Action
Are you using your busy schedule as an excuse for your wasted potential?
The Pursuit of Likes: Why Women Should Save Competition for the Stage
Beautiful women, so what’s your Instagram account look like? Selfie-fest? Pushing the limits of skin exposure?
The Process and Product of Goal Setting
The training will make you Strong(er) of body. The goal setting will help you become Strong(er) of mind.
Mastery of Skill: Humility and Confidence
Confidence certainly fits the generally accepted mold of the alpha male, as it should. What about confidence?
























